Metallic cross-tie for railroads



(No Model.)

B. L. LAMB. METALLIC @Ross TIE PoR -RAILROADs No. 565,683. Patented Aug. 11, 1896..

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EDWARD L. LAMB, OF EAST CHICAGO, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE CHICAGO PRESSED STEEL COMPANY, OB CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

METALLIC CROSS-TIE FOR RAILROADS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,683, dated August 1 1, 1896.

Application filed November 2, 1895. SerlalNo. 567,737. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD L. LAMB, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Chicago, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Cross-Ties for Railroads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others 1o skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in metallic railway-ties, and its object is to provide a two-part tie having the ends bent or I 5 curved downward, so as to prevent lateral displacement, and the edges bent downward, forming inner and outer flanges, which are riveted together, the said inner flanges being formed with seats for headed bolts which 2o clamp the clips down upon the rail to hold the4 latter in place. p

The invention consists in the novel con struction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

2 5 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a railway-tie made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 4 is a transverse section 3o on the line :r oc, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents the same section as Fig. 4c, the headed bolt S being removed to show certain recesses 7.

In the said drawings the reference-numer- 4als l l designate the two sections comprising 3 5 the tie, which are exact duplicates of each other. These ties have their ends turned or curved downwardly, and at the outer sides are formed with downward-extending iianges 2,

and at their inner sides with downward-extending ilanges 3. Said inner lianges are riveted together by rivets 4:. The ilanges 3 on the under sides, at points underneath the rail-seats, are formed with outwardly-extending bulges 5, forming openings 6. There is v one of these openings at each side of the base of the rail. The edges of these openings are curved downwardly and at the inner ends are formed with opposite recesses 7. g

The numeral 8 designates bent screw-bolts having rectangular heads 9, which. are adapted to engage with said recesses.- These bolts A pass through slots in beveled clips 10, and

are provided with nuts 12, by which clips are clamped down upon the rail-base.

In the modification shown at the right of Figs. 1 and 2 straight bolts are employed instead of bent ones, and the clips are made straight instead of beveled, and their upper faces are formed with serrations or ribs to engage with a correspondingly-formed 6o washer 13.

In practise the ties are set on the road-bed and tamped, as usual. The bolts are then turned so that their ends 'can be inserted through the slots in the inner flanges of the ties, and then turned at right angles and the heads engaged in the recesses in the inner ilanges of the tie-sections. The rails are then set in place and the clips applied and clamped down by means of the nuts, the heads of the 7o bolts engaging with the recesses in the tie- .sections when the nuts are screwed home, which will prevent the bolts from turning.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 75 1. As an improved article a metallic railway-tie made in two parts formed with outer depending ilanges and inner downwardlyextending ilanges bolted together and the ends of the tie bent or curved downwardly, 8o substantially as described.

2. The combination with the two part metallic railway-tie having inner and outer downwardly-extending flanges and the inner flanges bolted together and said flanges formed with bulges under the rail-seats. and opposite recesses of the slotted clip, the headed bolt and the nut, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the twopart 9o metallic tie having outer and inner downwardlyextending ilanges and the inner ilanges bolted together and formed with bulges under the rail-seats and with opposite recesses, of the headed bolts, the slotted clips serrated on their upper sides, the correspondingly-serrated washer and the nuts, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARDI.. LAMIB.

Witnesses:

W. R. Finn, M. GALLowAY. 

